5 Replies Latest reply on Sep 14, 2006 10:23 AM by peterj

    Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default tab

    portalgeek

      Hi,

      I have installed JBossPortal . I guess it is running. When i type in http://localhost:8080/portal, i can see the default page.

      I have read chapter 5 (Portal primer) in user manual.

      I am trying to run the HelloWorldJSPPortlet, but unable to do so.

      I have done the following.
      1. Downloaded the zip file
      2. Build the project using ant
      3. exploded it.
      4. Did a hot deploy ( I can see on the server command promt that HelloWorldJSPPortlet context path info), by copying the war file to deploy folder under server
      5. After that when i say http://localhost :8080/portal, i cannot see HelloWorld JSP portlet on the default tab, as specified in the document

      Please provide some pointers

      thanks

        • 1. Re: Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default t
          peterj

          Did you try logging out of the portal and back in again? Or just logging in? The portal appears to cache pages and switching the user tends to cause it to refresh the cache.

          • 2. Re: Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default t
            portalgeek

            Thanks for the reply. I did not create or configure any users. Even the Portal Primer chapter 5 in the user manual does not specify this.

            But cleared the cache in the browser and tried but it did not help.

            One thing in the document (Portal Primer chapter, page 43) it says"Simply touch web.xml to have JBoss App Server hot deploy the application on a live running server instance). I do not know whether it is relevant or not , but i cannot use touch command in Windows XP. When i type in help on command prompt in windows XP , i cannot see touch command).

            I stopped and started the JBoss portal server, but no luck.

            Please help.

            thanks

            • 3. Re: Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default t
              peterj

              Here is what I did.

              1) Clean installation of JBossAS 4.0.4 and Portal 2.4GA.
              2) Brought it up for the first time. Browsed to the portal home page.
              3) Downloaded the JSP hello world portlet, compiled, deployed hte war file, saw the deployment ack in the console:

              13:08:28,737 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/helloworldjspportlet, warUr
              l=.../tmp/deploy/tmp44829helloworldjspportlet-exp.war/

              4) Hit refesh on the browser, no hello portlet.
              5) Logged in as 'user' (the portal comes configured with two login ids: 'user', 'admin'; the passwords are the same as the login id), still no hello portlet.
              6) Logged out, suddenly the hello portlet shows up.

              Try those steps.

              • 4. Re: Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default t
                portalgeek

                Peter,

                Thanks for the response. Actually i am using Portal 2.2 version, but i think that should not matter.

                I have done the following to atleast overcome the problem. I have modified the helloworld-object.xml file in the parent-ref from default.default to default. Included HelloWorld on a different page. It seems to work. But i not quiet this right thing or not.

                I am still playing around and learning. I guess i will be a frequent visitor to this forum in coming days.

                But just in-case all the config files have to be hand-coded ? or there is way you can automate them.

                thanks




                • 5. Re: Cannot see HelloWorldJSPPortlet portlet on the default t
                  peterj

                  The current downloadable for the hello world portlet is based on 2.4 and the configuration files have changed since 2.2. My recommendation is to use 2.4 since you are just now starting out. If you really want to use 2.2, look in the docs to see how to configure the portlet for 2.2. Also, the 2.4 docs have an example of converting a portlet from 2.2 to 2.4, you could infer the reverse direction.